This is a great diy tutorial for any dancer or figure skater or someone who just wants to make a cute skirt!
I thought this was a great tutorial anyone could do. All you need is stretchy fabric! I totally am going to try making one.
Sunday, 21 August 2011
Saturday, 20 August 2011
I finally got some photos with my pointe shoes on! I'm standing on top of a really high building here. As if being on a roof wasn't enough, I had to crawl up this 11 foot flimsy structure on it. I was terrified! Getting down was the worst though. Thankfully the photographer brought a very helpful assistant or I'm sure I would be dead! I took some after standing on what I can only describe as a 5 foot tin can. This was on top of the roof but in the middle so I felt a tad safer. Safer in the sense that if I fell I would only be falling about 7 feet. Sad! It was funny trying to go on pointe on it though. The metal was really light and caving in from my body weight. These shoes I also destroyed in the 10 day summer intensive I did. We did mostly beginner stuff. This was horrible for me because besides the fact the girls were taking my shoes and trying to break them in, every exercise we did was focusing basically on breaking the shoes down (warmups are not good in this case!)My insanely high arched feet broke them down in about 7 hours with the added pressure. By the end of the week my shoes were so flat my bruised toenails finally fell off and I got a toe infection. Eww! I was wearning Bloch European Balance and loved them at first. I think they just stretched out and killed me though. My first pair, bloch axis just aren't right for my feet. I learned that plastic shoes with tmt or gaynor mindens are terrible for people with feet like mine. I would go so over on my axis, I couldn't balance at all. I went the whole 5 months I danced en pointe at my studio on the exact tip of my shoe and my teacher didn't notice until i asked her right before my last class. I then went to bruise them at the recital trying to teach myself to dance properly in horrible shoes!
I feel bad I didn't get to dance like I wanted to this summer. I started a bit of physical therapy for my insanely difficult body and I realize that before I get any technique in dance I'm going to have to get way more strength. I'm really hyper mobile and don't have any strength from everyday muscles. I'm hoping technique will come after I get more muscle. I'm extremely hyper mobile which means I'm overly flexible and thats part of the reason I'm so weak. I also realized I can't bend my ankles well at all meaning I can't jump or do turns well at all!
Has anyone had to put up with hyper mobility? How do you strengthen your body? Have you managed to overcome some serious body problems in stuff you love to the point where it wasn't an issue? I wanna know!
Monday, 15 August 2011
Saturday, 13 August 2011
I went to Atomic Lollipop a few weeks ago. It was an anime convention/rave/carnival. Pretty crazy and fun! I can for sure say there is no where else you can listen to PONPONPON while on a ride and seeing the person across from you on it dressed in a hilarious pokemon costume. That was pretty awesome.
It was here I also got to meet Naz, Steph and her boyfriend Choryin. Steph and Naz are close friends with Jacquie, the awesome gal I met at anime north this year. They've had their own gal circle for awhile, galuxury but haven't been very active online until more recently. I had totally given up on finding anyone into gal around me and suddenly there is a ton of people! Were all hanging out together Tuesday at Pacific Mall. If your into Gal and near Toronto come! A few other people into gal style are coming as well. It should be super fun. My biggest pet peeve in p-mall is when the shop staff try to tell you a Liz Lisa sweater is $300 because its JAPANESE BURANNDDD. It makes me rage so much because I will mention the brands when asking if they have any of their clothes and they still do this.
Can't wait!
Here's me chilling on the mechanical bull at Atomic Lollipop. I hope to get some decent photos Tuesday! The girls are super hot and nothing like the crazy online drama queens. They couldn't be more perfect!
I made this list for a current gal style shopping guide. I hateee trying to find some of these sites so I decided to make an easy access list! Please suggest any brand shops you go on or anything shopping related you would like to see on here!
Disclaimer: I haven't ordered off all of these websites. If you have reviews for stores or shopping services please post them in the comments so I can add the reviews in the post!
Popular Brand Websites
Liz Lisa Rakuten (WebShop)
Lingerie
Stores for Overseas Buyers
Gyaru Community Sales (Community to buy and sell gal brands)
Kumimakiko (Not sure of the authenticity of the items)
Off Brand and Gyaru Online Malls
Curvy's (lots of accessories)
L S (Offbrand)
Mens
Auction
Shopping Services
Reviews
Rakuten: Easy enough to order though the us site. I feel like it was hard to establish how much shipping was. I'm not sure if I got charged for shipping and customs when my order arrived but it was very expensive
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